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Head of Ukraine TV slapped around by politicians

The head of Ukraine TV was battered and forced to resign on camera. Members of the right wing nationalist party Svoboda forced their way into the television channels's office and attacked Aleksandr Panteleymonov, the acting CEO of Ukraine's National Television Company. They accused him of diffusing pro-Moscow propaganda. It seems free speech is Ukraine's latest casualty.